9 Whitburn Close Bolton BL3 4UY

18468/24Certificate of Lawfulness ProposedApproved

Outline / PiP

Approved on 29 July 2024

Council decision: Permitted DevelopmentDelegated (officer decision)

Proposal

CERTIFICATE OF LAWFUL DEVELOPMENT FOR A PROPOSED (S192) DORMER AT REAR.

Received: 21 June 2024
Decision level: Delegated (officer decision)
Council: Bolton Metropolitan Borough Council
Ward: Heaton, Lostock & Chew Moor
Agent: Ronson Building Design Ltd

ReceivedReceived21 Jun
ValidatedValidated21 Jun
Consult.Consultation
TargetTarget Date2 Aug
DecidedDecided29 Jul

Decided in 38 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is an outline application for a dormer extension at 9 Whitburn Close Bolton BL3 4UY. Bolton has handled 517 applications of this type. This one was decided in 38 days, 3 weeks quicker than Bolton's typical decision time. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 205 applications across Heaton, Lostock & Chew Moor. We hold 1,690 applications in total for the BL3 postcode area.

79% of outline applications at Bolton Metropolitan Borough Council were approved. Across all application types, the council typically decides in about 8 weeks (median).

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Application details

Postcode: BL3 4UY
Application type: Certificate of Lawfulness Proposed
Scale / size: Small

Planning application dates

Date validated: 21 June 2024
Target decision date: 2 August 2024
Permission expires: 29 July 2029

Applicant and agent

Agent: Ronson Building Design Ltd
Agent address: 18 Stapleton Avenue Bolton BL1 5ES

Planning decision

Statutory period: 42 days

Additional information

Planning Portal ID: PP-13172220
Documents: 4
Constraints: 1

Site constraints

Checking the site

2/3

Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations at the address point. Ones next to the site may also apply.

Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)

Not published by this council, so not checked: Article 4 directions and tree preservation orders. Ask the council if these matter.

Also checked, none recorded (22)

flood storage areas, conservation areas, listed buildings, green belt, scheduled monuments, World Heritage Sites, World Heritage Site buffer zones, registered parks and gardens, registered battlefields, Heritage at Risk entries, nutrient neutrality catchments, national parks, National Landscapes, SSSIs, Special Areas of Conservation, Special Protection Areas, Ramsar sites, ancient woodland, national nature reserves, local nature reserves, heritage coasts and brownfield registers.

A guide only, from official open data; it is not a planning search. Flood zones cover rivers and sea, not surface water.

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© Historic England 2026. Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. The Historic England GIS Data contained in this material was obtained on 2026-11-03. The most publicly available up to date Historic England GIS Data can be obtained from HistoricEngland.org.uk.

Source: Bolton

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